Glaciers on K-2, the 2nd highest peak on Earth, are growing

In the mountainous Karakoram region of Asia the glaciers aren’t melting. If anything, some are expanding, says this article on LiveScience.

“It’s been a source of controversy that these glaciers haven’t been changing while other glaciers in the world have,” said study researcher Sarah Kapnick, a postdoctoral researcher in atmospheric and ocean sciences at Princeton University.

Mt Everest region

In the Karakoram region — part of the larger Himalaya mountain chain — snowfall is decreasing in the summer but increasing in the winter, she said. This snow presumably feeds Karakoram’s glaciers, keeping them from retreating.

Because previous models overestimated the temperature of the Karakoram, they also underestimated the amount of snow in the region. This is the crux of the mysterious Karakoram anomaly, the researchers report (Oct. 12) in the journal Nature Geoscience.

17 thoughts on “Glaciers on K-2, the 2nd highest peak on Earth, are growing ”

So their “scientific” method is to guess again using revised computer guesstimate models. Hmmm, when I was in grad school doing my Ph.D. we actually collected real world data and performed statistical analyses on observed data! Computer models = GIGO.

There seems to be a strong connection between climate science and astronomy. Climate science has their CO2 model, and Astronomy has their “big bang theory.” Both groups have absolute faith in their, well, faith, and are constantly surprised by things that don’t fit their models/theory. And some of the spins that come out of their rationalizations to support their models/theory can be amazing. Amazing in that their rationalizations often fly in the face of reason, but that will never stop a cultist from being, well, a cultist.

The tortured explanations of how “you can have increased snowfall in a region and have increased glaciers or stable glaciers in a warming world,” and “missing heat hiding in the oceans” become moot in a cooling one. It seems so obvious really, doesn’t it?

I like the report of the “Melting Himalaya Glaciers” that stated, a few years ago, something like: “The melting glaciers are contributing to the ocean rise by a negative 0.1mm.” In other words the glaciers are growing and ocean levels are falling!
This article continues to prove it.
Meanwhile, the “Global Lying” continues with the claim: “2014 nearing the warmest ever”!
Of course, we know this is manipulated garbage! Unfortunately, I even hear it on the radio news!
Maybe I should rename it “Globola Warning”, for it is a disease that needs to be cured!

Yes computer models are just garbage allright. Having done science programming..Makes me laugh the parameters these guys put in..and they have NO idea what the variables are then of course real world means most are statistical and chaotic.

Climate researchers possess no basic knowledge of natural history or geology, and they work from a completely inadequate set of assumptions about the way the world actually is. Their first incorrect assumption is that climate is static and never changes. Consequently, they use the term “climate change” to designate something about climate that they believe to be unusual and they are completely baffled when the natural world doesn’t conform to the virtual worlds they create with computer models. It is laughable in one respect and pathetic in another.

would be far more accurate to snap pics from planes going over..and as thats regular the data would be very credible
unlike crappy modelling.
another golly gosh looks like weve made a glaring booboo and …how are we going to bullshit our way out of it this time? scenario
many many of them happening:-)

U.S. needs to invest in Arctic ships, technology to prepare for climate change: envoy

They say: “including ice-breaking ships”. Yes! They will need them to rescue “Global Lying” scientists stuck in the ice, for the ice is not melting!

“The United States needs billions of dollars of new equipment including ice-breaking ships, better satellite service and fiber-optic networks as it prepares for climate change and melting ice in the Arctic, a top U.S. official said on Tuesday.”
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“”You need assured access,” he said, noting that it had been sheer luck that the Coast Guard had had an ice-breaker nearby when a fuel tanker got stuck in the ice near Nome, Alaska about three years ago. At that point, it was the only such U.S. vessel, while Russia had more than 40 ice-breaker ships, Papp said.”